diff --git a/server/pom.xml b/server/pom.xml
index 9ea3737bf..2ae21d455 100644
--- a/server/pom.xml
+++ b/server/pom.xml
@@ -172,11 +172,6 @@
       <artifactId>jetty-webapp</artifactId>
       <version>${jetty.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.openrefine.dependencies</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jdatapath</artifactId>
-      <version>alpha2</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.openrefine.dependencies</groupId>
       <artifactId>butterfly</artifactId>
diff --git a/server/src/com/google/refine/Refine.java b/server/src/com/google/refine/Refine.java
index 0a524055d..93b9fbd38 100644
--- a/server/src/com/google/refine/Refine.java
+++ b/server/src/com/google/refine/Refine.java
@@ -64,9 +64,6 @@ import com.google.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutorAdapter;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import com.codeberry.jdatapath.DataPath;
-import com.codeberry.jdatapath.JDataPathSystem;
-
 import com.google.refine.Configurations;
 
 /**
@@ -356,51 +353,27 @@ class RefineServer extends Server {
         
         String os = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
         if (os.contains("windows")) {
-            try {
-                // NOTE(SM): finding the "local data app" in windows from java is actually a PITA
-                // see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1198911/how-to-get-local-application-data-folder-in-java
-                // so we're using a library that uses JNI to ask directly the win32 APIs, 
-                // it's not elegant but it's the safest bet.
-                
-                dataDir = new File(fixWindowsUnicodePath(JDataPathSystem.getLocalSystem()
-                        .getLocalDataPath("OpenRefine").getPath()));
-
-                DataPath localDataPath = JDataPathSystem.getLocalSystem().getLocalDataPath("Google");
-
-                // new: ./Google/Refine old: ./Gridworks
-                grefineDir = new File(new File(fixWindowsUnicodePath(localDataPath.getPath())), "Refine");
-                gridworksDir = new File(fixWindowsUnicodePath(JDataPathSystem.getLocalSystem()
-                        .getLocalDataPath("Gridworks").getPath()));
-            } catch (Error e) {
-                /*
-                 *  The above trick can fail, particularly on a 64-bit OS as the jdatapath.dll
-                 *  we include is compiled for 32-bit. In this case, we just have to dig up
-                 *  environment variables and try our best to find a user-specific path.
-                 */
-                
-                logger.warn("Failed to use jdatapath to detect user data path: resorting to environment variables");
-                
-                File parentDir = null;
-                String appData = System.getenv("APPDATA"); 
-                if (appData != null && appData.length() > 0) {
-                    // e.g., C:\Users\[userid]\AppData\Roaming
-                    parentDir = new File(appData);
-                } else {
-                    String userProfile = System.getenv("USERPROFILE");
-                    if (userProfile != null && userProfile.length() > 0) {
-                        // e.g., C:\Users\[userid]
-                        parentDir = new File(userProfile);
-                    }
+            File parentDir = null;
+            String appData = System.getenv("APPDATA"); 
+            if (appData != null && appData.length() > 0) {
+                // e.g., C:\Users\[userid]\AppData\Roaming
+                parentDir = new File(appData);
+            } else {
+                // TODO migrate to System.getProperty("user.home")?
+                String userProfile = System.getProperty("user.home");
+                if (userProfile != null && userProfile.length() > 0) {
+                    // e.g., C:\Users\[userid]
+                    parentDir = new File(userProfile);
                 }
-
-                if (parentDir == null) {
-                    parentDir = new File(".");
-                }
-                
-                dataDir = new File(parentDir, "OpenRefine");
-                grefineDir = new File(new File(parentDir, "Google"), "Refine");
-                gridworksDir = new File(parentDir, "Gridworks");
             }
+
+            if (parentDir == null) {
+                parentDir = new File(".");
+            }
+            
+            dataDir = new File(parentDir, "OpenRefine");
+            grefineDir = new File(new File(parentDir, "Google"), "Refine");
+            gridworksDir = new File(parentDir, "Gridworks");
         } else if (os.contains("os x")) {
             // on macosx, use "~/Library/Application Support"
             String home = System.getProperty("user.home");